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Time.com – The drama of the fight to control the L’OrÉal family fortune has reached up into the French government, with France’s Labour Minister facing accusations of aiding and abetting in tax evasion
Read More: France's Labor Minister Caught in the Fight for the L'Oreal Family Fortune
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McClatchy Newspapers – MEXICO CITY — The broad success of Latin America’s teams at soccer’s World Cup has brought many parts of the region a joyful and brief respite from troubles.
Read More: Joy, relief in Latin America over World Cup success
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AP – Torrential waters flattened a small town as floods raged through two states in northeastern Brazil and the death toll was expected to surpass 44 as rescuers searched Wednesday for hundreds of people reported missing.
Read More: Brazilian mayor: Floods have flattened entire town
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Reuters – A magnitude 5.0 quake struck north of the Canadian capital Ottawa on Wednesday, shaking a wide area of central Canada, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses reported.
Read More: Quake rattles Ottawa, other Canada cities
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AP – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged Wednesday that the real motivation behind plans to send blockade-busting ships toward Gaza is to allow free flow of weapons into the Palestinian territory.
Read More: Israel: Flotillas aim to get weapons to Gaza
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AFP – Pakistan desperately needs more schools to curb extremism but madrassas — the Islamic seminaries that have struck fear in the West — are not the main problem, a US study said Wednesday.
Read More: US study downplays Pakistan madrassa threat
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AP – In baseball, they call it a double-header. That sounds a little unrefined for ballet. But what else do you call it when two acclaimed visiting ballerinas are performing the same role on the same day on the same stage?
Read More: Dueling 'Beauties' a highlight of ballet season
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AP – Actor Val Kilmer appeared before San Miguel County commissioners Wednesday to apologize to his northern New Mexico neighbors and anyone else offended by disparaging comments he was quoted as making about the community.
Read More: Kilmer sets record straight with NM neighbors
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Fashion Wire Daily – Giorgio Armani might be at an age when most men are pulling on slippers and putting their feet up, but judging from his latest two latest menswear collections this sprightly 75-year-old is as energetic and curious as ever.
Read More: Armani – From Seersucker Chic to Leather Army
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Reuters – Oscar organizers are considering advancing the telecast for the world’s top film honors in 2012, which could speed Hollywood’s awards season and create challenges for other programs and film studios.
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AP – Prince Albert is giving Monaco a crown princess at last. Ditching decades of bachelorhood, the boyish if balding monarch announced Wednesday he will marry South African ex-swimming champion Charlene Wittstock. Albert’s betrothed has iconic shoes to fill, stepping into a role left vacant since the death of much-beloved Princess Grace in a car crash.
Read More: Monaco's Prince Albert bids adieu to bachelorhood
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AP – Erin Jacobs once traded her brand new bicycle for tickets to see Michael Jackson. Now, more than 25 years later, it’s her time, organizational skills and gas money that she’s giving to the King of Pop.
Read More: A year later, Jackson fans still out in force
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AP – CNN is pairing former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and conservative columnist Kathleen Parker for a combative new prime-time program it insists won’t be the second coming of “Crossfire.”
Read More: CNN hires Spitzer, Parker to co-host new program
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AP – Academy Awards organizers are talking about moving up the date of the show, possibly as early as January.
Read More: Oscar organizers ponder earlier show time
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AP – Lifetime network’s “Army Wives” is set to welcome the wife of Vice President Joe Biden in a future episode.
Read More: Vice president's wife set to guest on 'Army Wives'
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Reuters – In Tokyo, fans are planning a sleepover surrounded by his possessions; in Los Angeles, devotees are hoping to visit his grave; and on TV and radio stations around the world, lovers of the King of Pop’s music won’t stop ’til they get enough.
Read More: Dancing, exhibits, specials mark Michael Jackson anniversary
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AP – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is working on a “part memoir and part cautionary tale” about Europe from 1937 to 1948.
Read More: Madeleine Albright works on WWII childhood memoir
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Reuters – Do you enjoy Mike Oldfield’s “Music of the Spheres?” Are you uplifted by Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” suite?
Read More: Music of the Spheres? Stand by for the Boson Sonata
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AP – Tickets to Jimmy Buffett’s free concert in Alabama to show support for the oil spill-stricken Gulf Coast have been grabbed up quickly and begun showing up for sale on eBay for more than $100 each.
Read More: Free Buffett concert tickets gone; eBay bans sale
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AP – From long-term cancer risks to radiation overdose mistakes, CT scans pose a growing danger to the American public and need more regulation to improve their safety, imaging experts write in a leading medical journal.
Read More: Experts: CT scans pose risks, need more regulation
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